Going To War Too Fast? We need to consider both sides of war and anti-war

It seems many media commentators -- and those on social media -- are attacking the president for his performance in Turkey yesterday.

I watched it.  Granted, he wasn’t Churchill.  But he wasn’t as bad as most of the commentators – – – especially those on the right – – said he was.

Just to clarify: no one has the answer for ISIS.

All we have our actions that we in the west can take and then the unintended consequences to follow.

So, Obama is probably wrong.  And so are his critics.

Here's what I saw yesterday that you are not hearing from a lot of the pundit class.

I saw a president who is an introvert and not an extrovert. Read Susan Cain’s book called Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking.  For too long, we have been ruled by extroverts who – many of us believe – just act quickly without regard for long-term consequences or really looking ahead.

Obama is an introvert president which is what we wanted – as a reaction to the previous administration.

But Obama is also a politician -- looking at the polls. And I think he still sees an American public that is not interested in going back to war or sending over our youth to die or get destroyed in a foreign land.

I read a post on Facebook from a friend, Terry Prince, who said if were so anxious to go to war then will those politicians agree to send their kids over? Is that an isolationist reaction? Sure. But, like me, who has been with Marines and soldiers who have ruined their lives because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- then this argument deserves some credence.  Granted, a lot of those young men and women say it was their duty to go over and fight and their commitment.